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Tapping into power line

I'm interested in a detailed explanation as to how someone could tap into power lines. How do they...

r3m3dy

Posted 16 June 2006 - 02:59 AM

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I'm interested in a detailed explanation as to how someone could tap into power lines. How do they do it without getting shocked? Also, how do they downgrade the voltage because wouldn't it be way to many volts for a normal electrical line to carry?

Please spare the lecture on why someone should not do it because thats not what the thread is about.

TheFxckingHero

Posted 16 June 2006 - 06:34 AM

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yeah... you either tap into the meter and tamper with it so it doesn't show accurate readings or you bypass it altogether so it doesn't give any readings for what you're using it for. people have also tapped into their neighbor's power but that's not a nice thing to do unless you hate your neighbor haha. i wouldn't ever try to steal power. you'd really have to know what you were doing or it could be very dangerous... electrically fried limbs and explosive meters lol. wouldn't be necessary anyways unless you were running a huge grow op... how big are you planning for the grow? just out of curiosity..

whooligan

Posted 16 June 2006 - 06:54 AM

throwinheat

Posted 16 June 2006 - 03:59 PM

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First thing you should do is not post it on the internet. Not only for security issues, but because you probably wouldn't get a DETAILED explanation from anyone on here because anyone who's actually done it wouldn't talk about it on the internet. You'd have better chances googling.

Mr. Muffin

Posted 16 June 2006 - 04:40 PM

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last year my science teacher (a stoner ) explained to the class ow those meters work, they use a magnite...he said if u put an electromagnite on the right part it will slow the counter, if u stop it completly the electricty company would know and either sue u or get u arrested.if u do attemp this be sure that u know exactly what ur doing.

and tapping power lines would be farly simple if u had the balls to do it, just splice the wire right after the transformer closest to ur house, that would be 120 volts, but dont try it, theres a chance the power could arc (u dont even have to touch the wire) and kill u.

i read a story about a guy that tryed to see how high he could get on one of those 125,000 volt power line (see pic) anyway, he got fried about 10 feet from the nearest wire

WeedKrazy420

Posted 16 June 2006 - 04:54 PM

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dude if u have to tap into power then u shouldn't be growing. how much u plan on growing anyways the whole damn house full? if not and u just want a 1000 watt hps noone would even kno and you would only play about 15 bux xtra a month?

Fire_420

Posted 17 June 2006 - 03:15 AM

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Okay, heres how the pros do it:http://forum.grassci...=1&d=1150514012Call the power company and telll them you are haveing an electrician over to repair your service. They will turn off your power. Just a little schematic (sp?) I whipped up! Dont get caught!

an0nym0us

Posted 17 June 2006 - 04:37 PM

WeedKrazy420

Posted 17 June 2006 - 05:26 PM

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even if its an xtra 50 bux if u had a whole room full of pot then u will make that 50 bux 100 times over. like i said if u ain't got the money then u shouldn't be using high power stuff like that. if u try to steal it u can get shocked,killed or caught and get in big trouble for stealing. i say don't do it. but hell what do i kno?

llockhart86

Posted 17 June 2006 - 07:49 PM

Toke"N"Chill

Posted 17 June 2006 - 08:16 PM

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Yes, it's not worth the possible injury and/or death. Not to mention the heavy fines and possible jail time. Certainly not worth it. Now if you were going to save hundreds of thousands of dollars I might consider it for a quick second. Anything less, is just not worth it.

an0nym0us

Posted 18 June 2006 - 02:10 AM

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ok heres a suggestion

magnet on the right side of the meter duct taped on properly will slow down the wheel

i know someone who does it you just have to know when its meter reading time and take that bitch offf..... the person that does this cooks stuff of a illegal persuation that takes alot of electric .......

note : this will cut ur bill in half but very risky ... i looked it up and you WILL get 10 years in prison for that .......but dont worry youll only serve 7 and bubba will keep you company ...and give you other things .....

Canada_Dry

Posted 18 June 2006 - 06:06 AM

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I grow in a crawlspace and was tired of running extension cords so I tapped into my houses power. Its very easy, just shut down all power to your house (breaker box) and find the romex cable you want to tap into, cut it and strip it you will find 3 wires a + a - and a ground. I bought an outlet box and an outlet at lowes for about 80c and wired it up. If I wanted I could make the circuit go to another power outlet but I have no need....yet.